[Nhcoll-l] photo vouchering and tissues questions

Dirk Neumann dirk.neumann at zsm.mwn.de
Mon May 7 08:10:02 EDT 2018


Apologies to bring this up again,

the barcoding community uses photo vouchers (of material deposited 
elsewhere in collections) frequently and they have a procedure for this 
(also clarifying the question on the rights on the photos), but I can't 
find the exact source for this. Some details can be found here:

https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__lepbarcoding.org_specimen-5Fsubmission.php&d=DwIDaQ&c=cjytLXgP8ixuoHflwc-poQ&r=LpYc_Z_iN1KRw0hheb3x6-8MJUMu482qfHowpGYJqwc&m=2zspToYel8SfIuDEdoi-zYYvBJ9g14ionvexnAuiT8o&s=1-iZvw1rCKOu_LvdrZL-BpsDho_evlyHaIt2c9ug08E&e=

Might help - all the best
Dirk



Am 02.05.2018 um 23:29 schrieb Bentley, Andrew Charles:
>
> Yes, our Deed of Gift was not developed with digital products in mind 
> and we have been meaning to update it with such verbiage for some 
> time.  Maybe this will give me the kick I need J
>
> Andy
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> Andy Bentley
> Ichthyology Collection Manager
> University of Kansas
> Biodiversity Institute
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> 1345 Jayhawk Boulevard
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> *From:*Nhcoll-l <nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu> *On Behalf Of 
> *Dean Pentcheff
> *Sent:* Wednesday, May 02, 2018 4:20 PM
> *To:* nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu
> *Subject:* Re: [Nhcoll-l] photo vouchering and tissues questions
>
> As far as I can see, the KU Deed of Gift applies to objects, not 
> intellectual property (like photographs). But, as they say, I am 
> (definitely!) not a lawyer, so...
>
> And yes, we'd definitely track the photographer's name (similarly to 
> the collector's name) as a piece of information independent from who 
> holds what rights to the image.
>
> Side issue... the Creative department here, a few years ago, got so 
> tangled/fed up with/exasperated regarding which rights we had to which 
> images (not collection/specimen images, but things like a picture of 
> the Museum building) they they have pretty much given up accepting any 
> images other than those for which we have full copyright. In effect, 
> that means no photos from anyone other than a photographer paid by the 
> Museum.
>
>
> -Dean
> -- 
> Dean Pentcheff
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> On Wed, May 2, 2018 at 12:25 PM Gregory Schneider <ges at umich.edu 
> <mailto:ges at umich.edu>> wrote:
>
>     I thought that was what Andy's (KU's) Deed of Gift accomplishes.
>     We do the same at UMMZ, Herpetology.  I would not accession /
>     catalogue photo vouchers unless the photographer signs over their
>     rights to the Regents of the University of Michigan.  (But our
>     database still lists them as the photographer.)
>
>
>     Greg Schneider
>     Division of Reptiles and Amphibians
>
>     Museum of Zoology
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>     University of Michigan
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>     On Wed, May 2, 2018 at 3:16 PM, Dean Pentcheff
>     <pentcheff at gmail.com <mailto:pentcheff at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>         An issue with photo vouchers (as distinct from physical
>         specimens) would be the copyright status of the image — unlike
>         a specimen or tissue, it is legally considered to be a
>         creative product. If the image was taken by someone as part of
>         their paid job, the copyright most likely belongs to their
>         employer. If it was taken by someone acting privately, outside
>         of their job, then the individual most likely has copyright
>         over the image. (This applies to U.S. copyright law; I don't
>         know the details outside of the U.S.)
>
>         If an image is going to be deposited with the museum, I'd
>         strongly recommend getting a formal copyright transfer to the
>         museum. It could be a complete transfer (analogous to donating
>         a specimen), where the museum now has full copyright control,
>         or an arrangement that the museum gets the right to perpetual
>         non-exclusive use of the image for any purpose. Your museum
>         counsel should be able to draft a release form (and I'd
>         definitely recommend having a lawyer do this — intellectual
>         property law is not straightforward).
>
>
>         -Dean
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>         Dean Pentcheff
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>         On Tue, May 1, 2018 at 6:20 AM Kirsten Nicholson
>         <norops at gmail.com <mailto:norops at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>             Our museum is revising its policies and I'm looking for
>             information on two points.
>
>             *First: can anybody share with me their policies on
>             accepting photos as vouchers for specimens if you do
>             this?* I have trolled the web for policies on this, but
>             haven't been able to pull any up. I know that in the realm
>             of herpetology we sometimes publish short notes on
>             geographic range extensions or natural history
>             observations that include photos confirming the species ID
>             (and associated data) in instances where you can't or are
>             unable to capture and or make that specimen a museum
>             voucher. But what are your policies on this?
>
>             *Second: does anybody make requirements regarding credit
>             attribution to the collector when specimens or tissues are
>             used in publication? *I've trolled through tissue policies
>             from several museums, and they are all pretty similar, but
>             did not see this in them and was curious. I know many
>             years ago when museums began establishing genetic tissue
>             collections there were some issues that came up regarding
>             the use of large numbers of tissues collected by someone
>             else and then publishing that data without crediting the
>             collector, who in one case happened to still be very much
>             alive. The counter-argument at the time was likening the
>             tissues to voucher specimens, no one puts Cope or Agassizi
>             as co-authors of their papers even if they used nothing
>             but and only specimens collected by them. I assume most
>             museums' policies state that tissues, like specimens, are
>             donated to the museum and become museum property and all
>             rights to them (unless otherwise negotiated) are
>             relinquished by the collector. Does anybody do anything
>             differently?
>
>             Thanks for any thoughts you can share,
>
>             Kirsten
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